[lbo-talk] Pollitt on Dean

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Aug 28 11:00:44 PDT 2003


Chris Brooke wrote:


>On 28/8/03 5:45 pm, "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Carrol Cox wrote:
>>
>>> U.S. out of Iraq!
>>>
>>> U.N. out of Iraq!
>>
>> Does anyone know what Iraqis think? And that's a real question, not a
>> rhetorical question.
>
>There's some survey data for Baghdad from early July carried out by YouGov
>for the UK's Channel Four News and Spectator magazines over at
>
>http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/07/week_3/images/iraq_survey.html
>
>Here's the most relevant snippet:
>
>"Right now, would you prefer to see the US (and Britain) stay in Iraq or
>pull out?"
>
>Should stay for a few years: 31
>Should stay for about a year: 25
>Should stay for a while, but
> leave inside 12 months: 20
>Should leave Iraq IMMEDIATELY: 13
>No opinion/not stated: 11

Cue to Prof Cox, to tell us polls are bullshit.

Doug



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